A good explanation of how to get hold of expiring domains. Be aware, anything useful will require competitive bidding!
Contrary to popular belief, domains do not expire when they say they do. If the owner of a domain does not renew by the expiration date of the domain, the domain goes into “expired” status….
- 40 days – Expired period
- 30 days – Redemption period (extra fees if owner want to re-register)
- 05 days – locked (on expiry anyone can register)
- 75 days – TOTAL
Mike Davidson – How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
After expiry of the Locked 5 day period, domains are released. At that point a number of commercial services are avialable to bid for you. This is called Catching the Drop. And of course if someone else registers to bid, well you’ll have to bid against them. For example: http://www.namejet.com/
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